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"One day, one of our writers whom I used to reproach with writing best sellers and with never expressing himself, led me in front of a mirror.
"I want to be strong, " he said. "Look at yourself. I want to eat. I want to travel. I want to live. I do not want to become a fountain pen."
From OPIUM, the Diary of a Cure, Peter Owen Limited Publishers, London MCMLVII
